Devices that have kodi installed with addons illegal… Selling devices that have software pre-installed to get infringing content Copyright are illegal, according to today's decision of the European Court of Justice. The decision was the result of a complaint by the anti-piracy BREIN against a store that sold media players with software that facilitated piracy (Kodi).
It should be noted that in the last 12 months there has been a very large increase in sales of devices that have pre-installed software that facilitates piracy through streaming. 
Of course, we talk about the various TVBoxes that come with pre-installed kodi and the addons that allow the streaming of pirated movies.
Usually work with Android and the Kodi platform with various third-party add-ons, devices turn into ultimate hacking tools since you can find the latest movies, TV shows and live sports.
One of perhaps hundreds of sites participating in these sales was the Dutch Filmspeler.nl. That electronic store was the target of the anti-piracy team BREIN. The owners of Filmspeler considered their pre-configured devices to be legal, arguing that selling them did not constitute a crime as defined by the EU Copyright Directive.
The case began in 2015 when a Dutch district court initially received a complaint and referred it to the Court of Justice of the EU. It was asked to consider whether it was illegal to sell a product (in this case a media player) with pre-installed plugins that contain links to websites that distribute copyrighted works, such as movies, TV shows and live broadcasts, without permission.
Let's say that the owner of Filmspeler, Mr. Wullems, advertised his Kodi pre-installed devices with law-breaking add-ons. Filmspeler advertised media players as ways of tracking content without payment.
That is, he did not even need a lawyer.
